Lead Clinician LPN or RN

Sono Bello; Little Rock (AR); On-site; USD 34,440 - 52,348; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentives

Equity

Health coverage

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Sono Bello seeks a Lead Clinician to supervise clinical operations and guide the patient experience within our outpatient center. You will balance leadership with core clinical duties as a licensed clinician, ensuring safety, efficiency, and high-quality care in a fast-paced cosmetic setting.

You will collaborate with management, schedule staff, audit processes, and uphold accreditation standards while mentoring junior clinicians and maintaining excellent team performance.

Qualifications

• Must hold active LPN/RN licensure or equivalent.
• Two+ years of clinical experience.
• ACLS certification required.
• Experience in cosmetic practice or medical office management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee clinical operations and lead the clinical team daily.
• Coordinate nurse scheduling and assignment to optimize efficiency.
• Ensure HIPAA compliance and protect PHI.
• Participate in hiring and onboarding of clinicians.
• Maintain QA/QI reporting and accreditation readiness.

Skills

Organization

Communication

Training aptitude

Audits & QA

MS Office proficiency

Confidentiality

Relationship building

Adaptability

Innovation

Employee motivation

Decision making

Conflict management

Critical thinking

Education

LPN/RN licensure

MA/ST certification

BA/BS degree or equivalent

Two+ years clinical experience

ACLS certification

Tools

MS Office

Zenoti

CPB

Job description

Sono Bello is America's top cosmetic surgery specialist, with 185+ board-certified surgeons who have performed over 300,000 laser liposuction and body contouring procedures. A career at Sono Bello means being part of a dynamic and high-energy work environment where every team member can make a difference. We love what we do, and it shows! We believe everyone deserves to have their best body today and pursue their best life now.

Summary

The Lead Clinician assists the Practice Manager in overseeing the delivery of our trusted brand of service, the Sono Bello patient experience, and the efficient operations of daily clinical activities. They are seen as the clinical team lead, driving an effective and efficient daily flow resulting in strong KPI output and high team member satisfaction. The Lead Clinician responsibilities are balanced in tandem with the responsibilities of their core role as a member of the center clinical team defined by their licensure (ex. RN, LPN).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Embodies the Sono Bello Mission Statement and Core Values by ensuring our patients’ safety and experience is top priority, working with integrity, continually evolving, learning, and collaborating as a team to create a challenging and rewarding culture; outstanding performance against the core role within the center, with a 50/50 time split between lead clinician and core duties.
• Supports day-to-day clinical activities in an accredited outpatient surgical facility, including delivery of quality care and maintaining and overseeing the efficiency of clinical operations.
• Assists the Practice Manager to build and communicate an effective nurse schedule, establishing optimal clinical assignments that balance maximizing transformation surgery output with team member satisfaction; metrics include clinic-on time starts, OR turnarounds, and on-time appointment starts.
• Accesses, reviews, and aligns company technology platforms (ex. Zenoti and CPB) to support operational efficiency.
• Acts with integrity to maintain patient confidentiality and ensures HIPAA compliance while maintaining PHI disclosure records.
• Demonstrates extensive knowledge of company policies and procedures.
• Adheres to standard precautions, hand hygiene, transmission-based precautions, and personal protective equipment.
• Enforces policy adherence consistent with AAAHC guidelines to maintain superb Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Improvement (QI).
• Oversees QA/QI reporting.
• Attends and participates in scheduled clinic and corporate meetings including staff education, in-services, and clinic staff meetings; responsible for minutes and ensuring team communication and sign-offs.
• Maintains AAAHC preparedness files and associated documentation up to date.
• Performs chart audits including patient photos, responsible for clinical team member follow-up and education as required.
• Advises and serves as a role model for clinical staff regarding patient care and clinical tasks, including policy, procedure, SOPs, and accreditation.
• Develops and maintains strong partnerships across all team members within the center, including communication and meeting cadence, building best practices, and displaying excellent judgment.
• Participates in interviewing and hiring all clinical candidates with the Practice Manager.
• Assists the Practice Manager with onboarding new clinicians, including setting up onboarding schedules, assigning appropriate preceptors, and following up with new hires to ensure successful onboarding; becomes a certified training mentor.

Education, Experience and Skills Required

• Preferred LPN/RN licensure, at minimum MA/ST certification.
• BA/BS Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred but not required.
• Two or more years of clinical experience required.
• Must maintain ACLS certification.
• 1‑2 years of clinical leadership experience a plus.
• Experience in cosmetic practice or previous medical office management a plus.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed herein are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Other Skills and Abilities

• Strong organization and communication skills.
• Training aptitude.
• Experience performing audits utilizing established standards and systems, with the ability to communicate results and deficiencies to impact outcomes.
• Proficiency with MS Office and ability to learn a variety of computer operating systems.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters appropriately.
• Relationship building.
• Agility and adaptability.
• Innovation and creativity.
• Employee motivation.
• Decision-making.
• Conflict management.
• Critical thinking.

Language Skills

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.

Math Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Requires using the telephone and computer while communicating with internal and external customers and vendors. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands or fingers to handle or feel; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Employee will sit for several hours each day but will also need mobility and the ability to stand and walk for periods of time. Employee may need to lift up to 10 pounds on occasion. May require working under stressful conditions due to deadlines and time constraints.

Note: This job description outlines the primary duties and responsibilities of the role but is not intended to be all-inclusive. Additional tasks may be assigned, and existing responsibilities may be modified or removed as necessary to meet operational needs, within the scope of the individual’s role, licensure, and applicable regulatory standards.

As set forth in Sono Bello’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

Compensation Range

$25 - $38 USD

Pay may vary by location, and actual compensation depends on factors like qualifications, experience, skills, and business needs. Sono Bello may adjust this range in the future. Full‑time employees may also receive benefits such as incentives, equity, health coverage, 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

Benefits Package

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401K, EAP, PTO, and Paid Holidays. Benefits eligibility may vary based on employment status.